Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumes 3-4D. Appleton, 1879 |
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... Commons , the House of Lords , left him the same dreaming schoolboy that they found him . When we compare the two interesting works of which we have been speaking , we have little difficulty in awarding the superiority to that of Sir ...
... Commons , the House of Lords , left him the same dreaming schoolboy that they found him . When we compare the two interesting works of which we have been speaking , we have little difficulty in awarding the superiority to that of Sir ...
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... Commons without producing a greater impres- sion than was produced by his most splendid and elaborate orations . His luminous and philosophical disquisition on the Reform Bill was spoken . to empty benches . Those , indeed , who had the ...
... Commons without producing a greater impres- sion than was produced by his most splendid and elaborate orations . His luminous and philosophical disquisition on the Reform Bill was spoken . to empty benches . Those , indeed , who had the ...
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... Commons . The allegation is confuted by twenty volumes of parliamentary debates , nay , by innumerable passages in the very fragment which this writer has done his little utmost to deface . We tell him that Sir James Mackintosh has ...
... Commons . The allegation is confuted by twenty volumes of parliamentary debates , nay , by innumerable passages in the very fragment which this writer has done his little utmost to deface . We tell him that Sir James Mackintosh has ...
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... Commons to the queen , begging her to dismiss Lloyd from his place of almoner . As we turn over the leaves , another sentence catches our eye . We extract it as an instance both of historical accu- racy and philosophical profundity ...
... Commons to the queen , begging her to dismiss Lloyd from his place of almoner . As we turn over the leaves , another sentence catches our eye . We extract it as an instance both of historical accu- racy and philosophical profundity ...
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... Commons by Halifax's stepfather , Chichley , that Dr. Burnet should be examined as to his lordship's religious opinions . This proves that they were on terms of the closest intimacy . But this is not all . There is still extant among ...
... Commons by Halifax's stepfather , Chichley , that Dr. Burnet should be examined as to his lordship's religious opinions . This proves that they were on terms of the closest intimacy . But this is not all . There is still extant among ...
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